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Consumption to Remain Restrained, Says Krueger

WASHINGTON--Consumer spending could remain modest as the economy recovers from the recession, even with steady improvement in the housing market, the White House's top economist said.

"The economy is going through a lot of healing," Alan Krueger, chairman of the White House Council of Economic Advisers, said in an interview with Wall Street Journal reporters and editors.

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